Special Service and Features
Income Tax Department organises TDS Awareness Programs in two session for the benefit of Income Tax Deductors of Tamil Nadu State Government  coming under District Treasury Office, Tiruvallur and other Sub-Treasuries of Tiruvallur District
The Joint Commissionerate of Income Tax, TDS Range-3, Chennai and the District Collectorate of Tiruvallur, jointly conducted TDS Awareness Programmes, today  at District Rural Development Agency Conference Hall, Collectrote Campus, Tiruvallur under the able guidance of Sh M Murali, IRS, Commissioner of Income Tax , Chennai and Sh M Arjun Manic, IRS, Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, TDS Range-3, Chennai , for the benefit of Income Tax Deductors of Tamil Nadu State Government  coming under the District Treasury Office, Tiruvallur and Sub-Treasury Offices, Pallipet, Tirutani, Tiruvallur and Uthukottai in the morning session and for the DDOs coming under the Sub-Treasury Offices, Ambattur, Avadi, Gummidipoondi, Ponneri, Poonamalle and Madavaram in the afternoon session , wherein, the DDOs and their supporting staff were participated and got benefitted.
Sh L Rajaraman, Income Tax Officer explained about the mechanism of tax deduction at source and tax collection at source as prescribed in the Income Tax Act,1961. In particular , he has requested the Drawing and Disbursing Officers  to deduct tax / collect tax on the appropriate payments / receipts in the prescribed rates as mentioned in the Income Tax Act,1961 while submitting the bills to the Pay and Accounts Officers.
Deductors were sensitized on the requirement of filing of quarterly TDS /TCS statements and issue of Certificates to the Deductees / Collectees.
Special mention was made the absolute requirement of deduction of tax  under the payments of Salary and Contract Expenses and Collection of Tax  on Scrap Sale.
Sh T V Sridhar, Income Tax Officer presented a Power Point Presentation, wherein, he explained the consequences such as Interest on Late Payments/ Late Deductions, Late Filing Fees , Penalties and prosecution on Non-compliances of TDS / TCS provisions of the Income Tax Act,1961.
The DDOs were informed about the following Tax Deductor services initiatives carried out by the Chief Commissionerate of Income Tax , Chennai, and request was made to the participants to utilize the facility provided by the Income Tax Department, on requirement basis.
1. Availability of App Chatbot  called as TDS-Nanban in both the languages English and Tamil, which was launched recently for the very first time in the country, an Artificial Intelligence – powered one, which can be downloaded from  on mobile from play store / App store in both Android and
ioS versions.
2. e-TDS Videos which were created in Tamil and uploaded in the official you tube channel of the Principal Chief Commissionerate of Income Tax, Tamilnadu & Puducherry region, and the same may be accessed with 
3. Release of TDS Manual in both languages English and Tamil .
4. Release of TDS pamphlets both in English and Tamil . .
Ms Janaki, TDS consultant presented a practical session on how to file the quarterly statements in Form No.24Q in TRACES portal. Further, she has elaborately explained the technicalities involved in reduction of TDS demand raised under TRACES portal with illustrations. She had also sensitized the tax deductors on the mechanism available in reporting portal of the Income Tax Department to ascertain the specified persons u/s 206AA/ 206CC / 206AB / 206CCA.